america, most of it, came to embrace king this the same way most white south africans came to accept nelson mandela; retrospectively, selectively, without grace but with considerable gilens. by the time they realized their dislike was futile, he'd created a world in which admiring him was this their own self-interest. because, in short, they had no choice. .. will win. i grew up in a different household. i introduction to malcolm x probably 4 or 5 and my father favors malcolm x, portrayed him in a black history month special play of some sort. there was malcolm x literature all over the house will. i still have on my nightstand a copy of the autobiography my father had, the broken and tired one. i grew up post public enemy, spike lee resurrect malcolm x in his iconography, my father had several x hats, i say all that to say dr. king is not a part of my foundation. i don't have any particular attachment or reverence, or didn't have, i rejected him because i attributed to the binary that you choose not local or choose martin. i didn't have much contact with martin luther king jr.. we h